Optical-transition Clocks with Micro-Fabricated Frequency Combs for Performance Beyond the Standard Quantum Limit

Abstract

We have achieved world-record advances in atomic clocks, including the demonstration of the world's most stable/precise atomic clock with a stability below 1 part in 10^17, a precision in the one part in 10^16 range in 1 second, elimination of the Dick effect by operating two clocks simultaneously, development of the first quantum degenerate gas based optical lattice clock in a three dimensional lattice, development of a clock system that can operate below the standard quantum limit via entanglement, and development of the worlds most stable clock lasers, with laser linewidth approaching 10 mHz.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 06, 2017
Accession Number
AD1056065

Entities

People

  • Alexander L. Gaeta
  • Andrew Ludlow
  • Chris Oastes
  • Helmet Ritsch
  • James Thompson
  • Jun Ye
  • Michal Lipson
  • Murray Holland
  • Tobbias Kippenberg
  • Vladan Vuletić

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ceramic Materials
  • Electro-Optics
  • Frequency Combs
  • Laser Pulses
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Optical Lattices
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Optomechanics
  • Physical Theories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Polaritons
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Repetition Rate
  • Standing Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Quantum Computing